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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tray

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tray of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Lobed shelving sides. Landscape with a ruined colonnade and a palace beside a lake. Mountains in the distance. A bracket of scrollwork in gold below. Scattered flowers in colours and diaper borders in pink and gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded
Brief description
Tray of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded, Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, ca. 1760
Physical description
Tray of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Lobed shelving sides. Landscape with a ruined colonnade and a palace beside a lake. Mountains in the distance. A bracket of scrollwork in gold below. Scattered flowers in colours and diaper borders in pink and gold.
Dimensions
  • Length: 18.4cm
  • Width: 15.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
A wheel (In red)
Credit line
Given by Mr C.H.B. Caldwell
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.231-1923

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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